Edward Tenner, AM’67, PhD’72, considers what “an informed life” means in the information age.

Arika Okrent, PhD’04, lists the reasons why the listicle is a popular literary form.

Visiting novelist Gamal Al Ghitany discusses the state of creativity in Egypt.

Adam Levin, AM’01, gives a “hot” reading to a hometown crowd.

Scholars explore the rhetorical, political, historical, and moral significance of Lincoln’s long-remembered words.

UChicago creative writers offer a few words about reading.

Anne Ford, AM’99, questioned her own academic ability—then she started asking questions of others.

The latest Colloquium is an unlikely anthology, say its editors, and they couldn’t be prouder.

Writer Jeffrey Eugenides charms local readers who aren’t afraid of Derrida.

Greg Bellow, AB’66, AM’68, reclaims his acclaimed father, novelist Saul Bellow, X’39, from those who would adopt him as their own.

A distinguished career at the New York Times prepared Leslie Maitland, AB’75, for reporting a deeply personal story.

Researching her mother’s story of wartime flight and lost love, a journalist finds the truth richer and stranger than any fiction.